Adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer and directed by Karen Kessler, Alias Grace premiered at Chicago’s Rivendell Theater in 2017 and has since earned a Chicago Joseph Jefferson 2018 nomination for “Best New Play Adaptation.

Ontario, Canada in 1859. Serving a life sentence for murders committed fifteen years ago, Grace Marks says she has no memory of the killings. A doctor investigating psychological trauma in amnesiacs tries to unlock the details and truth from Grace’s memory, but the path is painful and shocking.Is Grace an innocent victim? Is she mad? Or is she a scheming murderess?